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Patrick Webb, Punchinello in America (oil on canvas, 108" x 255", 1995). The image illustrates an early period and body of work in Patrick Webb's career in the first half of the 1990s, when first began painting his "Punchinello" works, which reinterpreted the Italian commedia dell'arte trickster or fool, Pulcinella, as a contemporary gay everyman and protagonist/surrogate in his work. These early works portrayed the character's individual and social struggles for gay identity and as a witness to and sufferer within the AIDS crisis. In this In the four-painting cycle, the character fights against bigotry in street demonstrations and court, is victimized, and ultimately emerges victorious. This body of work has been publicly exhibited in prominent museums and venues, discussed widely in national art and daily press publications, and collected by major art institutions.

Artist Patrick Webb. Copyright held by the artist.

Patrick Webb (artist)

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The image serves an informational and educational purpose as the primary means of illustrating an earlier period and body of work in Patrick Webb's career in the first half of the 1990s: his early "Punchinello" paintings, which reinterpreted Pulcinella—a masked, red-beaked Italian commedia dell'arte trickster or fool as a contemporary gay everyman to serve as a malleable, repeatable protagonist and surrogate in his work. These early works portrayed the character as he struggled for individuality and gay identity through rites of passage, everyday experiences, social conflict, and being a witness to and sufferer within the AIDS crisis. Because the article is about an artist and his work, the omission of the image would significantly limit a reader's understanding and ability to visualize a key developmental phase in his art, which brought early recognition from art journals and daily press publications, and later recognition from institutions and museums. Webb's work of this type and this work in particular is discussed in the article and by prominent critics cited in the article.

There is no free equivalent of this or any other of this series by Patrick Webb, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.

The image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original due to its low resolution and the general workings of the art market, which values the actual work of art. Because of the low resolution, illegal copies could not be made.